The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, August 12, 1897, Image 2
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THE LEIIGEK: GAFFNEY, S. C., AUGUST 12, 1807.
PEUC.WS iT THE Fill!
KANSAS’ BIG V/HEAT CROP.
Louisiana Day Is Celebrated In
Appropriate 3:yie.
THE GOVERNOR AND OTHERS TALE
|nt«re«(ing Kxerc i.m in llm Au iHoi lum.
8ul<ii«r, lo (iiVo Mimiii Kitttlo Mi (Iih
Kxp<ii«itiiiii OruuiiiiN Wxt >it11:r«i:iy—Kx-
tenitive I'repiiritl i.tifii tloini; Afcilo
<ieriiii,i|.Aitiericau l>iy.
Nasiiviu.k, Au,;. K).—Louisiana day
was veiy KppropiKttt'iy celebrated at the
Tennessee Cent' ninal eaui»-ution. The
weather was deli^httul and the attend
ance lar^e. The Louisiana visitors
spent the morning in visiting the build*
inf's and Vanity fair, and witues.'irif'
the drills by the Tennessee and Ohio
rexiincuts encamp- 1 1 on the {'rounds
In the afternoon tiny ussenib.ed in the
Auditorium, where an excellent musical
program was rendered by tne \\ ashini'-
ton Artillery band and some of tne lean
iiip society women of New Orleans. An
address of welcome was made by Gover
nor Taylor, ami the; response was de
livered by Adjutant General Jumel.
Tile occasion was one of the most en
joyable of the s-ries at the exposition.
A snecial lirewor.es exhibit! m was
piven at niphr. Tiie visitors will re
main in the city until Saturday, ami
during their stay tney will be hand
somely entertained. Adjutant General
Juuiei. who repree nG Governor Foster
of Louisiana, enteria’tied Governor T.iy-
lor and staff at (iiuuer in tlie even tup.
Wednesday the women’s board will en
tertain the visitors at a reception
Nearly 1'iftv Milli* u Till* Year,
ami If, !•« l ast -'lark«f^tl*
Topkka, Aug. 10.—The August re
port of tlie state departmeat of agri
culture gives tue aggregate yield of
winter wheat in Kansas for ld!>7 at
■Ib.ftOil.Ob; bushels, or an average of
1-1 !tl bu'lieis per acre on the ii.dlti.Ti'G
icress iwu. Thu highest yield was'J i
bushels per acre in Gowley. G- t.re ami
Woods.m counties. Sumner c«)uniy iiar-
vested 4,5b.i,0(iil bushels, the largest
Kur | crop ever priKluced by any conn tv in
Kansas. Tig* quality is uniformly good
in all comities.
F.stimates indicate that 4') per cent of
i the crop will be marketed within GO
; days. Assessors report 1,004.790 bush-
; eis of old wheat on hand. The yield of
spring wheat tins year was l,08i,(J12
1 bushels.
The total product of other crops for
JN97 is: Hyc. 1 o<55,10(5 bushels; osts
^5. Id 1.379 bushes; barley, 1,810,190
bushels; llax. i. 190,081 bushels.
K*gardiug the growing corn the re-
j port shows a diminished prospect ami a
present condition of 00 p**r cent, based
on an average crop,
COLIIITES AT l'IIICA(ll)
National Democratic Ericcutivc
Committee Meets.
TO NAME CURRENOY COMMISSION
improved im} outlook. The amount of |
old corn on hand is estimated at 87.-
T'.’O hi? bushels, us against o7,017,4^1 |
busneis tins time last year.
Hnjor llniison Mmohi and Konrfesn
Other Haprasentativa Ituniua** Man at-
taiuiiliiiff to llavise *«iiiie >cliriue I'or the
ItovtaiMU of tlie t-'luaiivial 'yntaiu —Huj;ti
Ifaiiiia Is t;h.iiriiiaii of the llodjr.
Chicago, Aug. 10.—To carry forward
its object the sound money executive
committee appointed at Indianapolis last
j January met in this city to endeavor to
proceed with the task of creating a na
tional commission, which President Me-
i Kiniey was prevented from naming y
| the failure <>f congress to pass the bill
' presented during tlie closing hours of
; the session. The committee is composed
! of If* representative business men, re
i siding in various parts of the United
The late rains have 1 States, a strictly nonpartisan body.
TELEGRAPH PEOPLE KICK.
Western Unio» Hl«» Kxe"|itlon-* to the
Ortlor liesluoltiic
Kai.kigh, Aug. 7.- Last month the
North Carolina railway commission is
sued an order which has attracted wide
spread attention, making 15 cents the
dav rate for a Western Union telegraph
message from point to point in North
Carolina. Tlie company has just filed
exceptions, which will be heam Aug. 16.
It conieiids that this rate is not just
and reasonable; that it will cause the
company to operate at a loss in North
Carolina; that at the old rate. 25 cents,
business in tuis state was done at a loss,
and that the commission has no power
to make telegraph rates.
It also files a petition for removal of
tlie case t<i ilie federal court, alleging
that the order of the commission vto
lutes the fifth amendment of the United
States constitution, in that the enb
ment of the said rate would be taking
the company’s property for public use
without just compensation; that it vio
lates section 1 of the fourteenth amend
ment, (section 8 of article 1 of the con
stitution, and tlie United States act of
1W*(5 to aid in the construction of tel«-
Hugh Hanna of Indianapolis is at its graph lines; that the company is a New
York corporation and not a resident or
citizen of North Carolina.
SAY CANADA IS GRASPING.
CaliforniAii 1 * Glaitu I lit* Dominion Ti&riflT
DiVMit* Mn*i«y From Aiuorta'tii*.
Han Fkangim o. Aug. (0 —No ad cf
Washington ofii tals in recent years lias
aroused such a wave of indignation on
the Pacific coast as has the making of
Dyea a subport of entry. Its effect lias
been s'-eu immediately.
Vessels are outfit ting at Victoria for
Thursdav wiJ be Kentu ky lt«d Men’g ......
day. and several 1.-.mured member., of j the gold fields, a.id, to escape tne duties
the order from tnal state will attend
the celebration. T'i- re will be military
drills, concerts by Vi dor Herbert's band
and a fireworks display in observauoa
of the day.
There are now over 1,090 soldiers on
the grounds. They are tne Fourteenth
Ohio regiment, Comoiuy 15, of Cilutu-
bu->; Company G of Waverly; Company
F of Giiilatiu; Oumyiani js A and L of
Nashvide; Company G of Ciark-viilc;
Company l) <>i L iwro.iceburg, and Bat
tery A of Nashville, all of the First
regiment. National guard, state of Ten- 1
uessee. Drills and dress parades are 1
given daily. The troops will remain on
the grounds for a weak. Next Satur- \
day the soldiers wiii give a sham hatth. ;
Extensive preparations are being made
for the celebration of German-Ameri- ;
can day. O *t <5 Hon Curi Seliurz. Hot).
John Kuhn of Nashville, the mayors of
Cincinnati. St. L iuis, Cnattanooga and
others have been invited to deliver ad
dresses.
GREAT IS QUEEN’S GRIEF.
Uer UiJiMty UiihIi h lo ll« Out i-« it Iteault
«>f tliM .iMrtitrfrtiiititimi.
Mapkip, Aug 1'J —Tne tjueen regent
ha, decree i that toe military honor.; :
observe!i it: the ca-* of a funeral of a
marshal shall b" nc 1 uded tlie remains
of the late pi m.-d 1 of Hpain, Senor
Canovas del Castino, win) was siiot and
kille-i at Santa Ague ia by an unarcnist
named Micheio At: -ine (j dii.
The body of the Burnish statesman
will arrive here on Wednesday morn
ing. no’ompauiei iiy ins widow, the
minister lor the colonies. Henor Gosh-
Gay on, and the c : f major domo, tne
Dunn of S-itoini.y representing the
queen regent. 'J’iie t all beaia ts will ho
an academician, an a imiral. the presi-
dent of tin* senate, a Ksngiif of the G .’1-
y e -F.eoc**, an; al' sigl iiartih-a do
Cum;) j.
The Intermeiif v. ill take place in the
Pantheon. .Funeral servic s will take ,
place simuitatieoit- iy in ail the churches
throughout tin* 'o;:,ipy and the ofli'ial
mourning will last rliree days.
The queen regent is greatly a fleeted J
bv the tragedy and is still confined to I
hor room.
Ohio Miners In " «*«t Yir;»iiil>i.
Wur.m.ivj. Aug 10.- West Virginia j
Soil was peacefuhy invaded by Ohm ;
miners. One hundred and twenty-seven I
miners from tin* Wheeling Creek region,
over the river, inarched through the j
city and rui'ched the Biggs Hum mine, |
just boiow Wheefing. at 4 o'clock. The
Ohio men came lor t lie pqrposo of clos- j
ing down the Hoggs Ktiti mine, the only
railroad mine m tiie Wneeling tiistnet ,
now being operate i They announce j
they will stay until the Boggs Kuu ;
J ’oins the strike, and 209 more Barton,
laynard. Pas oo and other mining
communities in eas’ern Ohio are to join 1
tlie Wheeling Creek men now at Boggs
Bin
Mmm Mur«ler«Mt by 3l«»<riii«liiiierM.
Bikminoham, Aia , Aug. 10.—While
on Ins way to serve warrants on charges
of “wildcatting,” Link Wharton, a
deputy sheriff, in Cleburne county, was
ass m mated from the bushes. His body
was literally filled with lead. Wharton
left Kdwardsvtlle with several papers
in his possession. Tiie ussas-duction
was most brutal, the men not giving
the brave otli-er a chance to defend
111 nisei f. Tiie sheriff of tlie countv,
upon being not.tied of the killing, or
ganized a posse and has gone to the
place, determined on hunting the mur
derers down.
Son Suecci-ds Ills l>eu>l Kellier.
Rich mono, An,'. 10—R. Carter Scott,
sou of the lute Attorney General Soott,
has been appointed attorney general to
fill his father's unexpired term. He
has accepted, and Ins name it is under
stood, will probably go before tlie Roa
noke convention for the nomination for
the office, though In* will himself make
no effort in th it dir etiou.
A Itritoo to W ml mu A ill «rlntn.
London, Aug 10.—The approaching
marriage is announced of Captain Ar
thur Hay, a brother of the Karl of Kr-
roll, and a captain in tin* Second bui-
tuliou of ilie (^neon’s Own Cameron
Hlglilniidets, to ilermoiiie, daughter of
Mrs Scheiliey. Who lias large property
interests at Pittsburg, Pa.
Ill I# I in an it .4 **<l Traiuurnr.
Bkig.in, An:' 10 The appointment
of Baron von Tiiieimuiiu, the retiring
German ambassu lor to the Uiiit«*d
status, as sectetury of tlieiniperial tri as-
urv, in su cuski-in to Count Posaipiwtky-
Wfiuci, u gaz ited.
impos-'il by the Dominion government,
gold seek'»rs go to British Columbia to
make their start for the Klo uiike in
stead of iroin Sau Francisco or Puget
sound.
Tlie government made a concession
that was not even asked for, ana got
nothing m return.
As illustrating how the Canadian de
termination to collect duty on outfits,
unless bought m British territory, af
fects this coast, the Pitcairn expedition,
which is to leave this port soon, is sig
nificant
On board the schooner will sail 09
men or more. Of tlio.-.e already regis
tered, C9 having learned that their
goods will be subject to a tax of 95 per
cent if bought here, will buy them at
Victoria.
SLICK SMUGGLING SCHEME,
Cu*t<>ni4 Otr.i inU hI Itox.-ilnixl Unearth »
J'lot to Defraud tlie GoverniiiMiit.
Rossi,a no, B. C., Aug. 10.—The cus
toms officials have discovered a smug-
ling scheme on u large scale. Tlie trail
up from the Omagauagiian country
passes into Canada at Kruders, on Oz >■
yoor lake, where the customliou^e is
located, ami then makes a detour in the
Umt'-d States and re-enters the Domin
ion at a point several miles east of the
customhouse. Tne town of Oroo is
the heudqu irters of tii<* smu'glers.
Freighters from the states bringing in
produce come up tiie trail to Kruders,
pay duty on stuff they have m their
wagons and then follow the road down
across the line to Oroo. Here they pick '
up big quail Hies of all sorts of groct - 1
ries, principally tobacco and canned j
goons, ami follow tlie road into Canada ,
again, to which they gain access with
out difficulty, as ail tin; goods have pro- i
sutuably pal i duty at Kruders, farther :
back ou the line.
Waruiu^ Notice* In Ufiiiiato r .7<i.
San I'kancisco, Aug. 10. — Warning
notices, evidently directed against the
Chinese Society for English Education, |
have been posted upon tiie dead walls
of Chinatown. Without being named,
the society is pointed at as having lev
ied blackmail irom women of id repute
imported from China. Tiie poster says:
‘•Lives have been lost before for such
litt ie tilings and tney may be lost !
again.” It is signed Mook Clung so
ciety ami lias caused considerable con
sternation. Tin* police, who have to ,
run dov/n the notices, treat the matter ’
seriously and say there will soon be
more murders m the Chinese quarters.
ItrilMl 8ili v ’y ships Cuming Over.
ViCTOitia, B. C, Aug. 10.—II. M. S.
A)g*ria, one of the survey ships of her
majesty’s navy, wiii soon an'ite here to
take part m a survey for the PacitP
cable. Late advices Irom Honolulu are
to tlie effect that li. M. S. Penguin has
completed a survey from Australia to
Honolulu, and the Algeria will make I
tlie survey from here to Honolulu It
is also said that tne admiralty is about
to make a survey of Clavoquet sound :
and issue p new chart of that harbor,
lutoriuati.'iii derived from tiie survey ,
wdl be of benefit in determining the
lauding place for tlie cable.
Komn lu llMnufMciurlng Industries.
BiHMiNGiiAM, Ala., Aug. 10. — The
Birmingham Ruffing mills, which have
been idle since July 1, have resumed !
work, employing 1,500 men. The Ala- j
bama Rolling mills of Gate City 'sill
resume next Monday. They give work
to bOO men. The Tennessee Coal, Iron 1
ami Railroad company blew in another
furnace at Oxuioor, making tlie fif
teenth furnace now in operation in tins
district, the largest number for live |
years. Not since 18119 have the Indus- ,
tries of Alabama given employment to !
as many mm as now.
Mother !>7; VoilutfrMt I hiM 70
KiciiAioNi), Aug. 10. — Mrs. Fannie
Cosby of Frederick’s Hall, Louisa
county, now 97 years old, has bought 1
her coffin and brought it home in an- '
tieipation of her death. She Inis an mi-
married daughter aged 80. one son 70 j
and another about 70 Up to u few
years ago she did ail the weaving for
the family. The four do all of their
own household and farm work, rarely
employing servants, although they am
Well to do.
I'urrMictinr mid *1 h r 11 ■ ■ PlKht.
Youngstown, O, Aug. 10.—Mike
Farrugher and Joe Martin of tins city
fought a 45 round draw prizefight near
Cleveland. The fight was for ♦I'MI and
tlie gate receipts. Martin is Farragher’s
trainer atm the match was to settle an
old gruuge.
h<*ad and us chairman. The other
members are:
M. L Crawford. Dallas, Ter ; W. B.
Dean, Bf. Paul, Minn.; .1. W. Fries,
Hniem. N. C ; J. F Hanson, Macon,
Ga.; W. C. Harrison, Pniiadelphia, Pa.;
Rowland Hazzard. Peacedale, 11. I.;
John P Irish, Oakland, Cal.; H. H.
KobKaat, Onicago. Lis.; .ffihn J. Mitch*
ell, Cincigo, Ids.; A. E Orr. New York;
George Foster Pea bony, New York;
J. C. Power. Helen;., Mon.; E. (> .Stan-
nurd, St. Louis, Mo.; A. E. Wilson,
Louisville. Ky.
The business of chief importance will
be to select 11 men to devote their time
to the work mapned out for them to
compose the commission. They will bo
intrusted with the responsibility of un
dertaking to devise some satisfactory
and accept able plan for revising, reform
ing ami regulating the currency system.
The selection by this committee of
such a commission is in accordance witn
the powers conferred upon it by resolu
tions of the convention of business men
held in Indianapolis last January. Tiie
sessions, for the most part at least, will
be executive.
Tiie qualifications of every man whose
name is presented for membership in
the commission will be discussed. Great
care is to be taken in the makeup of
tins body. Bankers, business men and
fanners are tin* classes from which it is
proposed to frame it
Meven members of the executive com
mittee responded to their names when
the chairman called the meeting to or
der. Those present were:
Hugh H. Hanna of Indianapolis, E.
O. Staiinard of St. Louis. J. F. Hanson
of Macon. Ga.; George Foster Peabedy
of New York, Augustus K. Wilson of
Louisville, Ky.; J. W. Freis of Salem,
N. O , ami H. II. Kohlsuat of Ohicago.
The committee bold an executive ses
sion and discussed plans for the future,
i Nothing definite was done pending the
I arrival of tne remaining members of the
| committee.
The present outlook is that what is
l known as the Chicago plan will proba
bly be adopted. The commission up-
I pointed will work upon tlie general
; b he tue mapped out by the Indianapo-
J lis convention and will have exclusive
power regardless of tin* executive com
mittee ami of the convention, in the
construction ami presentation to emi
gre's of a new financial system for thm
government.
BLUE GRASS STATE REPS.
Convoitliftti to Nam ) an AppeilaLe
Court Clerk Camlidate.
LoriFYiu.K, Aug 10.—-The Republi
can state convention for the nomination
of a candidate for ; court clerk
was called to order by State Chairman
C. M Barnett of (Jiiioc unty, in Music
bail at 9 p. m. Dr. W. J. l)ob>>e, tne
newly elected United States senator
from Kentueky, was temporary chair
man, while ilou. George Denny of Lex
ington was permanent chairman.
There will be a bitter light between
Bradley and Hunter-Todd factions, the
former claiming that the state adminis
tration should be in dor ed, w!i!e tlie
latter assert that a man win knifed Dr.
Hunter last spring and winter before
last, as Governor Bradley did, is not
worthy of recognition in a Republic an
gathering. Governor Bradley is in tin*
city and lias his friends about him.
They say they will introduce a resolu
tion in the convention favoring Gover-
ner Bradley’s administration and that
if it is defeated they wnl make it hot
for the Hunter Todd men before fall.
There are evidences of a bitter ami vi
cious light on all sides, and neither fac
tion will ask or give quarter. All the
leading Republicans of the state me on
bund.
The district conventions were held at
lu o’clock, and m the Fourth, Sixth and
Tenth there weie contesting delega
tions. Considerable feeling was en
gendered, each set of delegatesclaiiniiig
to be tiie properly authenticated one.
The Bradleyites are making a bitter
war on C E. Sapp. President McKin
ley’s appointee for collector of internal
revenue m this, the Fifth district.
of a Court liriiuroil.
EvANsvihue, liwi., Aug. 10.—The
marching miners, notwithstanding the
court injunction issued against them,
hn ed un on the public highways leading
to tin* Ingle iiiines, and us the men came
! to work fiu*y were again appealed to by
tin* strikers with the result tnat the few
who had started to work decided to join
( the strikers Tiie entire for e is now
out a.id the marchers are devoting their
energy to the other iiiines of the city.
It is the opinion that if tiie Ingle men
were induced to join tlie other miners
here and at Newburg Would quit. Tlie
strikers continue to remain oulerly.
I) I a in un •! llilcvr* Ual a Doiay.
Nkw Yokk, Aug. 10.—Arguments in
the habeas corpus proceedings in behalf
of tiie alleged New Orleans diamond
thieves, Jean Antonio Mugati and Ro-
geiio Giiliiez, has been postponed until
Wednesday. The adjourn men t was
tuk**u to allow tune for the arrival of
Important legal papers from New Or-
leauc
Flint Haiti nt .\•• w Crop.
WaiKuviffi.K, N. V., Aug. 10.—The
fir/d baie of the New York state 1V.)7
bop crop was sbinped to Hostoti. The
puce paid was 95 cents pur pound.
THURMOND IS NOT GUILTY.
State I'r<*nec«it«r In F^l^eftehl Ac'itutte*!
by t tie Jury—l r*:*4 nliort.
Coi.UMUlA, S. C., Aug. —All Edge-
field jury, after 90 minutes’ delibera
tion, found Solicitor J. W. Thurmond,
state prosecutor for the Fiftii circuit, not
guilty of the murder of W. G. Harris,
Jr., last March.
Harris was a young man. belonged to
an old family and traveled for a drag
house in Golaui.da, The cause of tlie
trouble grew* out of politics. Thurmond
had recently been elected solicitor,
while Harris’ father was defeated for a
county effioe.
Young Harris, meeting Thurmond,
charged him with undermining his
father and called him a Tillrnanite.
Thurmond withdrew into ids office and
stood at the door. When Harris came
by more words were exchanged, when,
Thurmond says, Harris advanced on
him with a knife in his hand and he
kicked him down the step.
Harris came at him again, he swore,
with a knife in his left hand and his
right on his hip, when he shot him
dead. There were no witnesses to this.
Harris’ knife was found closed in his
right pocket and no other weapon was
on his person.
THE BIBLICAL ASSEMBLY.
Third Annual *ei«Ni«»n Open* sit Agliaville.
Hr. Gilbert I* Freni<111«if.
Ashkviu.k, N. O , Aug. 7.—The third
annual session of the southern Biblical
assembly, under the auspices of the
American Society of Religious Educa
tion, opened in this city. Dr. J. E. Gil
bert of Washington, D. O., is in charge.
The first lecture was delivered by Bishop
Uoudthaler of the Moravian church—
subject: “Jesus the God Man.”
Tiie school of the English Bible be
gun in the First Presbyterian church,
with Rev. J. B. Shearer of Davidson
college presiding. The juvenile school
is under the direction of Mrs. C. H.
Bell of Sheffield, Ala. A school of pri
mary methods is conducted by Miss
Lena Nowlin of Washington, D. U.
These are the regular features of the
assembly. Bishop Wilson of the Meth
odist church south lectured on “Jesus,
the Pattern Man.”
A STORM HITS ANDERSON.
Tree* Flown Down jtu«i ^iu*Mtje<i
Into -"‘iilintur*—Two l<Jure«I.
Andiskson, S. 0 , Aug. 7.—A storm
struck tlie western portion of Anderson
county, carrying destruction in its path
and injuring many people.
At Oakdale Baptist church a Baptist
association was in session. One thous
and or more people were present—men,
women ami children—and the storm
broke in awful fury. Great trees were
blown down, buggies were smashed
ir-to splinters ami the people became
panic stricken.
Mrs. 11 F Dobbins and a Mrs. Gray
were struck by a falling tree tnd b»th
s *rious!y injured. Mrs. Dubbins was
terribly crushed and will die. The peo
ple sought refuge In the church and
schmiihouse. Not less than a dozen
buggies were smashed.
Fiv« tiuiMlrmi Miatir* -Mi ike.
Bikminoham, Ala , Aug. b.—Oiiebnn-
dred and fifty coal miners employed by
the Jefferson Coal and Railway com
pany at Mary Lee mines have struck b**-
cause of a proposed wage reduction
from 95 cents to 99 cents per ton. Three
hundred and fifty miners working for
the Bessemer Laud ami Improvement
company at Beile Ellen have also quit
because of a disagreement relative to
assessing the minors to pay the com
pany's physician. An early adjustment
at both places is expected.
Hallway ami si«aiiil*<>at I'roparty.
KaM'.igh, Aug. 7.—The total valoa
tion placed by the railway commission
on railway, telegraph and steamboat
property iu North Carolina is $99,158,-
009. the increase over last year being
$9,681,000 The increase is $9 980,949 m
railway and $904,016 in telegraph prop
erty. There is a decrease of $9,969 lu
steamboat and canal property. The
railway increase is made up of $1,974.-
951 on the southern, $651,479 on the At
lantic Coast Line ami $979,095 on tlie
Seaboard Air Line.
Tlllinitu Mity Gun t «»r Gov»rnor.
Aimr.vH.i.K. S. <1, Aug. 6. — In n
speech here before the farmers’ insti
tute, Senator Tillman said: "I will re
sign tin* snnatorshlp ami run for the
gowtrnorxhlp myself, if necessary to
maintain the dispensary law ”
Hr. Wllllxiii HIhcU Dritil.
Kai.kigh, Aug. 6 —Rev. Dr. William
S. Black, u well known Methodist min
ister and presiding elder of Littleton
ulstnct, died there, aged 61.
Nurl li < atrelliil.ii I. N.in.il.
Washington, Aug. 6 -The president
has appointed Allred E. Hoitou to he
United States attorney for the western
Ulstnct of Nm th Carolina.
Great Improvement In Georgia
and the Carolinas.
AVERAGES OF DIFFERENT STATES
Reinm* to the Agricultural l»<-|)artineiit
Miow id, iucreiMa of Nine-tenth, of One
folnt Dver l.a.t Mouth'. K«|y>rt—So^i.t
Decline lo lex..—Crop lu the Dower
MD.H.iiipi Valley.
Washington, Aug. 10.—The returns
for cotton to the department of agricul
ture indicate an average condition of
' 86.9 on Aug. 1, as compared with 86 0
j on July 1, an increase of nine-tenths of
one point. The average condition Aug
1, 1896, was 80.1 and the average coudi-
j tion on Aug. 1 for the last ton years is
86 1. There lias been a decided improve
ment in Georgia, North Carolina and
South Carolina, where tlie conditions
I have advanced ten, seven and six points
respectively.
In the lower Mississippi valley the
improvement is much less marked, ami
iu Texas there is a Gecline of 10 points.
Tlie averages of the states are as fol-
] lows:
Virginia. f9; Louisiana, 9); North
Carolina. 97; South Carolina, 99; G*or-
; gia, 95; Florida, 88; Alabama, 88; Mis-
' sissippi, 85; Texas, 78; Arkansas, 90; i
'< Tennessee, 84; Missouri, 85; Indian Ter
ritpry, 94; Oklahoma, 86.
BUD BROOKS IS ON TRIAL.
ArrMitfiiftfl at ('harmed With t ho
Killing of tlMrcht&nt M. C, limit.
! J EFFKRSON, Ga., Aug. 10. — Bud
i Brooks is on trial here, charged with
the murder of M. C. Hunt. Grady
i Reynolds, Brooks’ alleged companion in
crime, will be arraigned after the lat
ter’s trial is over.
The muniered man was a prominent
merchant of this county. He sold an in-
terest iu his business to Brooks, ami
the two started in a vehicle to Harmony
Grove, where Brooks claimed be would
be able to get the money to pay Hunt
! the indebtedness contracted by the sale.
| They never reached Harmosy Grove,
however.
On the way Hunt, who had a large
amount of money on his person, w is
! murdered by Brooks and Reynolds, who
was a party to tiie conspiracy, ami tlie
body of Hunt was hidden. Brooks ro-
1 turned to Hunt’s store, took possession
of it and closed out tiie goods at unrea
sonably low prices, claiming that he
had purchased the stock from Hu t,
who iu the meantime had taken the
purchase money ami left the county.
Tlie body of Hunt was subsequently
found ami Brooks skipped. He wa- af
terwards captured at Oakwav, S. C. It
I was then ascertained that Reynolds was
j a party to tiie crime and ho too was
captured and incarcerated.
The state confidently expects to con
vict both men of murder without nny
j trouble. Sentiment iu this county is
about unanimous against them.
BIG MEETING IN NEWBERRY.
The Senator Itl <'antihiitte* Sues*!;—Tilt
lleiMreeii Duncait and Kvanft.
Cmm.KSTOs, Aug. 10.—The senato
rial campaign meeting at Newberry was
, one of the largest as well as quietest yet
j held. There was but little hurrahing
Candidate John T. Duncan appeared
and sail! that he entered the race to de
fend himself umi to prove any charges
he might have made.
lb* said that it’ any candidate pleaded
martyrdom on Its account he could
prove everything he ever said, and if
specific evidence was wanted he could
give it with accumulated proof.
Mr. Evan). about wiiotu Mr Duncan
had no doubt spoken, said if any one
j had any personal grievances to settle
with him, he could easily be foun i. and
1 In* did not settle personal matters on
the stand.
This will in all probability settle the
( matter.
Key U w-l Troop* Not OnJerail Out.
Ki;y Wr.si, Aug. 10.—The reports ij
the effect that tin* local militia has been
ordered out to protect a uei;ro piisouer
are without foundation. These reports
iu all probability grew out of tin* fact
that Johnson, tlie negro prisoner ac
cused of criminal assault, will be tried
Wednesday in the circuit court before
Judge Rhiliips and the fear Unit some
of the residents of this section might he
organizing for tlie purpose of taking tiie
law into their hands
MR. BUTLER AT RALEIGH.
T!i« Fo|MilUt CbmlrtiiAM of Fusion ^
•n«i tli*) Neat C^umpMl;*.
RaI.fkih, Aug. 10.—National Popu-
uhst Chairman Marion Buffer is here
to remain a week. He says the Popu
list state committee, at its meeting here
next Wednesday, wiii discuss the situa
tion, principles and issues for rh* statu.
He will speak at Wadeiboro, Newton.
C< ncord and Ij^noir. We wants to taix
over questions with the committee be
fore making these speeches. He W;-.-
asked, “Has fusion with the Republi
cans been satisfactory? and replied,
“The Republicans in North Carolina
stood fairly well to their p edj-es iu
1894 They fell short in 1896 ’
He declared that the matter of th*
lease of tiie North Carolina railroad
cannot be sidetracked as an is'ii* next
year by all the politicians of both oui
panies.
“Do yon think Populism has reached
high water mark?” he was asked, and
replied:
“Our partv will continue to grow
end gain recruits from both ol<l ones.
There a*-e certain grout issues now l»e-
fore tin* people of North Carolina. The
PopulLt party will force them to the
front in the fight. Both old parties
must take a stand either on the side of
the people or the side of the monopolies.
Trusts are to be the supreme issue in
the next campaign ”
LYNCHING IN MISSISSIPPI.
Mob IlittiifK John G«»r<l<»n 9 th« Murderer of
m Highly Krufoct'Mi M hite Mint.
VicKsBt kg. Miss., Aug. 10. — John
Gordon, alius Lewis Nelson, the negro
who murdered Willi: m Allen at Bruns
wick ou July 15 by clubbing him with
a gnu barrel and who was captured m
Louisiana Suimav, was hanged by
lynchers some time during the night.
No inquest has been he!u so far and de
tails cannot be had.
Gordon killed Allen, a much rev
peeled white citizen, in a very treacher
ous manner. He was captured by three
negroes, while engaged in a game of
craps, after a desperate struggle. He
confessed his guilt, us well as two
other murders. He was taken to Drum*-
wick directly from Louisiana, and when
the steamer Annie Laurie passed the
place at 9 a. m. his body was seen dang
ling from a pecan tree.
DECISION HANDED DOWN.
Judffe D#fi.i«M a it ^Drlginal
F*ck;$£*»* — Kill in£.
Chaui.eston, Aug. (. — Judge Simon-
ton of the United States court has filed
his decision defining au original pack
age and thereby setrllng a disputed
feature of tlie dispensary law.
The court holds that the original
package is the form in which the liquor
is delivered to tiie initial carrier at the
point of shipment. If a box of iiouor is
imported, tiie whole birx niiist be sold
and not a single bottle from the box.
Tiie decision will require all dealers
to import liquor in single packages.
The decision was rendered on suits
brought by Guckenheimer & Sons of
Savannah. M Heifer & Co. of Cin
cinnati and the Portlier Brewing com
pany. It is favorable to Guckenheimer
and adverse to tiie other parties.
X«*gro Iffiif4iil*i.
EukaLI.a, Ala, Aug. 0. —At Spring
hill, on the Montgomery and Eufaula
railway, *90 miles north of here, Turner
Clark, a negro, entered the bedroom of
Coon Roberson’s daughter. The young
lady’s screams aroused tier father and
the negro was frightened away. The
father, with neighbors, followed and
soon captured Clark. He was brought
to Springhill, the nearest village, and
placed in a vacant store. The building
was soon surrounded by an infuriated
mob, and the negro was taken to a
neighboring grove and swung to a limb.
Kiiekar At «k<-« Mvo Ap|,,,|iitinent*.
Atlanta, Aug. 6 —Georgia’s new
revenue collector, 11. A. Rucker, has
made his first appointments, naming
five deputy collectors, one of whom is a
negro, and a negro messenger. All
of these places come under the
civil service regu.ations and with the
exception of one deputy, whose name
was taken from the eligible list, the ap
pointments made are temporary, await
ing the receipt of a new eligible list
from Washington.
A ratitl l).i«li tor Kretxlom.
Coll'MHIa, S. C., Aug. 10—While a
guard was returning to prison with
seven convicts, who had be<*n cutting
wood, Williams, a white boy 16 y**ars
old, scut un two mouth* ago from Barn
well to serve a five months’ sentence
for stealing a watch, made a dash. Tiie
guard fired at him four times with a
rilie. At the second shot Williams fell,
but got up and kept going, lb* was
tracked into tin* woods, but there ail
trace ended. The guard thinks he is
dead.
lo lii*|irrt I lit* Ocilit Mine*.
Montuomkky, Aia., Aug. 9.—Dr. Eu
gene H. timttli, state geologist, has ar
ranged to spend tin* ‘next two or three
mouths in Cleburne, Clay ami Ran
dolph counties, in east Viahama, where
he will make n p#ii>'»iiol inspection of
the gold prospecting work hi that sec
tion Several new iiiines have recently
peeu opened and the prospects are that
the gold milling imimtry in the eastern
counties will soon tase on important
proportions.
.IikIk* SmikusI AIcOiiwmo l>«s<l
Ahkkvii.i.k, S. C., Aug 9—Judge
hamuel McGowan died at his home
bore aged 78 years. He served in the
Mexican war ns captain and quarter
master, wa- elected a member of con
gress iu 1865, but was denied bis seat,
was a member of tin* state legislature,
a brigadier general ui the confederate
army for u long time and associate just
ice of the supreme court of .South Car
olina.
M»l> in I'ursiiit <it » Knit*.
A.mikvili.k, N. C., Aug. 9.—Miss
Kiltie Henderson, the unmarried daugh
ter of John Henderson, living 7 miles
north of Asheville, while on her way
from Hundayschool, was brutaby as
saulted Her assailant escaped ami
bauds of men traveling in all directions
hud not apprehended hull when last /
beard from Miss Henderson was a,
IlrltUli Host* Ker Aiuwrleai* Wi»t«r*.
London, Aug. 10.—In pursuance of
the British admiralty’s policy of
strengthening the tor|>edo boat ami tor
pedo destroyer flotillas abroad, the Vir
ago umi Brasher have been commis
sioned for the Fueitlo station, mid tbu
t^uail ami Sparrow hawk have been
commissioned for the North American
station. These small vessels will be
conveyed to their station by cruisers.
Vet* t<i Duel at Or«anvlll«.
Columbia, 8. C, Aug. 10.—Indica
tions urn tiiat there will be a very large
attendance of confederate veterans at
the reunion to he hwld at Greenville be
ginning Aug. 95. Ninety seven camps
have signified their purpose to go tu
Greenville, where elaborate prepara
tions are being made for tlnbr enter
tainment
lie Itiiniliarilad Tort Suuilsr.
Kokomo, 1ml., Aug. 10. Abram
Micheuer, a pinner of this county, and
brother of ex Councilman J. B Mich-
ener of this city, died ut H[>enuor, Ind ,
aged 65. He was one of the few survi
vors on the ironclad Nuhaut at the bom
bardment of Fort Sumter in 1869, he
having charge of the engines of the
turret.
"I'xmiiIiiK Tutu" I* Puutobad.
Bowman, Go., Aug. 10 John II.
Maxwell, i merchant of this place, was
severely whipped by a mob of 90 men,
furnished with a ticket ami forced to
leave towli. There was evidence that
he had txd'ii making a pru floe of look- heard frniu. Ai us itemiersou was a j
lug into tl e windows of private houses orinph*, but pretty and highly respecteo. *
late at uij ht. ‘ i
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